The Dawson journal. (Dawson, Ga.) 1878-18??, 1887-04-14

the true name of the writer Is not known
1t is a long established newspaper rul
never to publish communication unles
the name of its author is known to tn
publisher, and if ''Subseriber'' will lcay
his name at this Office we will gladly pub
llsh his article.
a mans religion is not worth caryin.
home when he gets through dodging
book agent. There were no less tina,
thee in this place last week.
The trees in the court house squar,
have put on new and pretty suit Of
green, but the rest Of the square needs as
sistance from other than nature.
Many persons suffering from chronic
diseases put themselves under the care OF
"Old Doctor Cheatham," The Doctor
has fine reputation as o specialist.
The JOURNAL is doing a legitimate bust
ness, and we propose to get le-
climate price for every line of advertising
that goes in our paper.
When the people of Dawson are appeal
ed to in behalf of charity, there is gencr-
ally liberal response. A true illustration
of this came under our notice last week.
Co. &. Gunby Jordan stated to a gen.
tleman at Weston Saturday that it is more
than probable that he would begin work
on this end of the Columbus Southern.
The second quarterly meeting of the
Dawson and Dover work will be held with
the latter chnrch next Saturday and Sun.
day. The Presiding Elder, Rev. P. s.
Twitty, will be present.
Cato Melton Bros. for White Goods
Checked Nainsooks, Victoria Lawns, ETC.
II seems that the proposed festival to he
given under the auspices of the literary so.
ciety is taking shape. We learn tina.
music has been ordered suitable for such
an entertainment.
DR. J. @. Dean returned, last Friday
from New York, where he had been at
tending medical college. The Doctor
was a good physician before, but a still
better one now.
Miss Rosa HARLEM, of Dawson, will
take charge of the Concord school. Miss
Harden is a niece of the wife of Judge l..
G. Cartlege, and is wolthy of patronage. -
Calhoun Courier.
Some OF our exchanges have been a lit
tie premature with their spring poetry.
Jack Frost bears the same supreme indif-
ference to poetic inspi. alton that a tramp
does to the fastenings on your front gate
Last Monday Mr.. r. L. Hatcher had
one of his hands badly hurt at the shops
of the Dawson Manufacturing Company.
A part of the machinery broke and in
falling drove chisel through the hand,
pinning it to the bench.
The season for whitewashing has arrived;
and if yoI have not already done SO go at
it at once. Besides making your premises
look clean and inviting. the free use of
lime is healthful, and should, for these rea-
sons, I've literally used all ovei town.
"Let US shake off the past" shouts a
Washington paper; "let US no longer cling
to the old formsl" Hooray! That's our
party. Bring us some new forms to cling
to; say about well, nothing older than
twenty.
Catarrh, when chronic, becomes, very
offensive. Il is impossible to be otherwise
healthy, and, at the same time, afflicted
with catarrh. This disagreeable disease,
in its most obStinste and dangerous forms,
can be cured by the use of Ayers Sarsa-
parila.
Now cometh the season Of woodland
sports, seedticks and redbugs, and the nv.
erage citizen who has labored assiduously
during the long winter months, longetf
for the springtime rccreations with love,
poetry and flowers thrown in by way Of
;nteelude.
1t has been reported that the band in
DawAon, a short time since, made ga ef-
fort to employ Prof. d. N. Baldwin. OF
Americas. The report is wholly without
foundation. The Dawson band is satisfied
with Professor Wares services and will
keep him as long rs teacher is needed
We say tai, in justice to Professor Ware
The JOURNAL scribe had the pleasure O
being shown through Mr.. Charles Deub
ler's chicken yards last Sunday afternoon
Mr.. Deubler has everything conveniently
arranged for the breeding of thoroughbred
poultry, and we are glad to learn that HI
ia e,eetlng wiki full measure Of success
His Langshans and Houdans arc beauties
and are admired by all who see them. III
receives orders for eggs from Florida.
A mans influence is not measured by
the amount of money he happens to have
but by the use he puts it to in trying tc
develop public spirit and public enterprise
As a rule, a mans money counts fol
naught unless he proves himself to be pos
sessed CT liberal spirit of bencfaction
The man who docs nothing t6 stimulate
and advance public enterprise, bat att
dowa. in his greed, to hoarde mp hi
wealth, is nliser. the most Gctestable o.
all characters.
"Hello.'' we heard one man say to an
other, the other day. Il didn't know vol
st first, why! you look ten years youngel
than you did when l saw you last"
feel ten years younger was the reply